Part 116, page 356

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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 10/28/73

SA THOMAS J. MANNING

NORJAK

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On 10/26/73 Sheriff WILLIAM WEBB, Pacific County, Washington telephonically contacted the writer and stated he had been in contact with, that date, a [REDACTED] who had information concerning the subjet in captioned matter. He requested contact with the writer on 10/27/73 at Raymond, Wn.

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On 10/27/73 the writer contacted Sheriff WEBB and later, at WEBB's home, contacted [REDACTED]. They advised that [REDACTED] MARGARET HARBESON who presently lives in Burlington, Washington was married until a short time agao, to ROBERT HARBESON. In the summer of 1972 HARBESON advised his wife that he was the individual who had perpetrated the crime in the Norjak matter and had the money he received hidden in several banks in the state of California.

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The [REDACTED] advised that HARBESON is very familiar with the Spirit Lake area of Cowlitz County since he had a camper and two motorcycles and often went to that area fishing and camping. [REDACTED] advised that HARBESON told MARGARET HARBESON that on the afternoon of the hijacking he put a motorcycle in the back of his camper, drove to a point in Cowlitz County where he hid his camper and then drove the motorcycle to Portland where he boarded the Northwest airline plane and hijacked it. When he jumped from the planehe recovered his camper, drove it to Portland, picked up his motorcycle and successfully completed the hijacking.

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] have hesitated to bring this to the attention of the authorities in view of MARGARET HARBESON being afraid of ROBERT HARBESON but decided on 10/26/73 that they had to take some action and therefore contacted [REDACTED] Sheriff WEBB. They both advised that MARGARET HARBESON has anticipated contact by the FBI since she told the story of her husband. HARBESON is described as follows:

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WMA, 6' 190 pounds has few teeth and has a bridge Ruddy complex. hair getting greay and crew cut 50-55 years of age. Pilot during WW II worked with State Highway Dept. as engineerr in Olympia, Wn. until had some type of physical problem and is probably retired now on disability. His present location is unknown and [REDACTED] supplied three (3) photos of HARBESON which he blew up from a wedding group shot. .The pictures are a good likeness according to [REDACTED] LEAD: At Burlington, Washington Contact Mrs. MARGARET HARBESON, address not known, Burlington for further details on above. It is to be noted that [REDACTED] viewed the color composite of the subject and both said that doesn't look like HARBESON

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(2) TJM/ DB COOPER-53434